At 11:32 PM -0800 1/29/04, Kathryn-Jane Hazel wrote: >I called up my friendly neighbourhood Mac shop guy and asked about a >Pen or Key drive - he didn't seem to know what I was talking about. Hmm, these little devices are known by a variety of names, but I'm surprised he was a bit slow on this... >He called me back and suggested I get a Piccolo USB Flash Drive, made >by Sonnet, and said it is like a card that you insert (?). Have any of >you heard of this? What is the difference between a Flash Drive and a >Pen or Key drive? They are all the same kinda thing. Here's info on the Sonnet: <http://www.sonnettech.com/product/piccolo.html> >What would be the optimum size for someone like myself, who does mainly >word processing with no graphics - 128 MB or less? I calculated that >if I put every document I ever created that I now have on disk it would >take up less than 100 MB. I would recommend getting at least 128, even if you think you won't need all that storage yet. I have one of these Flash drives, I find it very useful. Mary _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/pages/members.html#Joinmuglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/